The owner of what is said to be the only such white Volvo truck in the Donetsk region of Ukraine has identified his lorry and said it was commandeered by separatists who took over his premises nine days before the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 was shot out of the sky. …read more Source: Daily...

Russia has announced large-scale air defense exercises along its Ukraine border. The move is being perceived as a show of strength by Moscow, and is likely to further raise tensions in the region. …read more Source: Deutsche...

Many column inches have been devoted to analysing biased Russian media reports of the Ukraine crisis, but is coverage in the west as objective as it should be?In war, it is said, truth is the first casualty. That has certainly been the case with the conflict in Ukraine.The western media however are not guilt free. Almost routinely they have...

Ukrainian authorities’ orders to troops to fight their own people are “impossible,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has told Itar-Tass on Monday.His comments came as 438 Ukrainian military personnel reportedly fled across the border into Russia overnight. …read more Source:...

Teams from ex-USSR republics and Nato were supposed to compete, but event takes place amid new diplomatic lowIt was meant to be a celebration of peace, love and tanks as former cold war foes raced through obstacles and fired at targets.Instead, Russia’s tank biathlon world championship, which started on Monday at testing grounds outside...

Hundreds of flowers and tributes laid outside Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam in remembrance of the victims of the Malaysian airliner which crashed in Ukraine are being moved to a new location. …read more Source:...